Washing-machine



(ModeL) J. M. BOUGHTON.

WASHING MACHINE. No. 380,675. Patented Apr. 10, 1888.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JARED M. BOUGHTON, OF EAST SAGINAVV, MICHIGAN.

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SPECEPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,675, dated April 10, 1888. Application filed January 21,1886. Serial No.189,290. (Mndeh) To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ARED M. BOUGHTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful \Vashing-lllachine, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in washingmachines in which a rocker with slats fastened to its bottom is caused to swing upon an axle which is suspended in axle-boxes in the sides of a rectangular tub with a con- OBXG bottom with slats fixed therein, so that the clothing to be washed is'pressed between the slats of the tub and the slats that are upon the under side of the rocker; and the objects 'of my improvement are, first, to afford facilities for the adjustment of the rocker, so that the pressure upon the clothes being washed shall not be so great that the water will be pressed out of them and they be rubbed while in that condition, and so that the water may be allowed to freely percolate through them while being rubbed, thereby quickening the pro cess of cleaning, and, second, to provide facilities for the retention of the axle of the rocker in the bottom oftheaxle-boxes in the side of the tub at thesame time that the rocker is allowed to rise to adjust itself to the thickness of the clothes being washed, thus changing the fulcrum of the rocker at the will of the operator and giving the operator greater power at the time when most power is required, and to conform to the strength of the operator. I attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top view of the machine. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the machine as shown by my in Figs. 1 and 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal section of the machine as shown by line m a in Fig. 1, the slats d being the whole length of the bottom of the rocker and the tub, as shown in Fig. 3.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several parts.

B represents the tub or body of the machine supported upon legs G G.

A is the rocker, with slats d fastened to its bottom the entire length thereof.

D D are the rocker-arms, and fixed to the upper ends of the rocker-arms is a handle, h, by which to operate the rocker.

or represents the axle of the rocker A,which axle rests in the bottom of the axle-boxes e e in the sides of the tub B.

f represents aslot in each side of the rocker A, through which the rocker-axle a passes, allowing the rocker A to rise and fall independently of the axle a to the extent of the length of the slot f.

b b represent a spring, one end of which passes through the axle a, while the other end of the spring is held in proper position by means of the catches g, fixed to the sides of the rocker A, there being a coil in the center of the spring I), through which passes the rod 0 to hold it in position.

1' 12 represent the handles of the springs b b, that may be raised or lowered upon the catches g g for thesprings, and by that means the rocker A is raised or lowered, as desired, to increase or diminish the power required to operate the same, and also to obtain the proper pressure upon the clothes, so that the water may percolate through them freely while being rubbed, the bottom of the rocker A being made so as to form a segment of a circle the radius of which is equal to the length of a line drawn from the center of the axle a when in the center of the slot fto the bottom of the rocker A, the bot-tom of the tub B being formed from a segment of a circle having for its center the center of the axle a when resting in the bottom of the axle-boxes e e.

I am aware that washing-machines with a rocker and concave tub, as shown in Fig. 3in the accompanying drawings, have been built prior. to my invention. claim such a combination, broadly, as my invention; but

What I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'- In awashing-machine, the combination of the rocker A, having arms provided with slotsf, an axle, a, passing through said slots, a rod, 0, and springs b, coiled around said rod and having one end attached to the axle and the I therefore do not other end adjustably secured to the rocker, as

and for the purpose set forth.

JARED M. BOUGHTON.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. WEADOGK, J AY W. SUTTON. 

